McKeever v. Batcheler

At about 5 p. m. on June 14, 1933, the decedent, Don Benjamin McKeever, a boy four years old, was struck by defendant’s automobile and instantly killed, while in the act of crossing highway No. 10 to reach his home on the opposite side of the road. The car was traveling in an easterly direction at a speed of about 45 miles per hour. The highway is a graveled road about 30 feet wide, running east and west, and is practically level in front of the McKeever yard, with a slight rise to the east and west. There is a slight depression on the south side of the highway opposite a driveway into the…